Here's a bold prediction

Look for this to not go very well

The New Orleans City Council won't get Mayor Ray Nagin's proposed 2010 city operating budget for almost two months, but what is expected to be a contentious budget review process in effect began Monday.

At a joint meeting of two council committees that was attended at various times by all seven council members, the members had sharply critical words for almost everyone, from the Nagin administration to state bureaucrats, city recovery officials, various outside contractors working for the city and even the city's public defenders office.

Also... always good to see that the "serious" Mayoral candidates have clear strategies for dealing with this stuff.